Adjustable shade and curtain bracket.



W. H. DRAKE.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET APPLICATION FILED suuuz, 1915.

'1 ,1 89,671 Psitented July 4, 1916.

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WILLIAM H. DRAKEQGFASHEVILLE, NOB/TH CAROLENA, ASSIGEIOB, BY ASSIGN-MEETS, TO J. S. E'IIAR DIS, OF B'UNGQMBE CG'UNTY, NORTH GARQLINA.

ADJUSTABLE SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

new m Application filed July 17, 1915.

To all who-m it may concern..-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. DRAKE, a citizenof the United States,residing at Asheville, in the county of Buncombe and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin-Adjustable Shade and Curtain Brackets; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The primary object of this invention is to so construct a combinedwindow shade and curtain bracket that the same can be readily applied toany style of window frame, can be adjusted to accommodate win dow framesof different widths, and will admit of the window shade and curtainsbeing expeditiously mounted on the respective brackets. I

Another object of the invention is to provide a bracket of the natureabove set forth,

which can be manufactured cheaply, will be durable and can be readilyadjusted.

Other objects will appear and. be better understood from that embodimentof my invention of which the following is a specilication, referencebeing had to the accompanying1 drawings forming a part thereoi, in whicFigure 1 is a detail perspective view of the upper portion of a windowframe, Show ing the brackets attached thereto. Fig. 2 1s a sideelevation of one of the brackets' showing .the same removed from thewindow frame. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the curtain bracketsdetached from the win dow shade bracket.

Referring to the drawings, the letters A and B designate, as entireties,the ad3ustably connected brackets. The bracket A. consists of a singlelength of wire bent at a point 1 and having one end extended to providea horizontally connecting arm 2 and an'outwardly extending shadesupporting arm 3, which extends at right angles to the.

horizontal arm 2, as shown in Fig. l of the drawing. The arm 3 isprovided with a centrally located U-shaped depression l, which isadapted to receive the squared trunnion of a window shade roller, notshown.

The wire is bent and extended rearwardly from the outer end of the armto provide a horizontal. portion 5, which overlies the Specification ofLetters Patent.

lla't-ented J at, 1936.

Serial No. 40,479.

arm. 3 and extends parallel therewith. The opposite end of the wire isthen coiled vertically at the inner end of the horizontal portion 5, andat a point in rear of the depression 4, as shown at 6, and the saidesndis continued upwardly and curved outwardly from the coiled portion 6 toprovide an arouate shaped portion 7. The endof the Wire is then coiledat the upper end of the arcuate portion 7 to provide an eye 8, which isarranged in vertical alinement with the coiled portion 6, as shown inFig 2 of the drawing, and the end of the Wire is then extended upwardlyfrom the eye 8 to provide a vertical portion 9. The vertical portion 9is adapted to engage the front face of the upper cross bar 0 of thewindow frame, as shown in Fig. 1, and the upper end of the verticalportion. 9 is bent rearwardly and extended at right angles to providea'horizontal portion 10, which engages over the upper side of the crossbar 0 of the Window frame, and the said horizontal portion has its freeterminal bent downwardly. and sharpened to provide an attaching spur 11,which is adapted to penetrate the cross bar C and form asecuring meansfor the bracket A.

The bracket B, like the bracket A, also consists of a single piece ofwire bent at a point 12 to provide a shade supporting arm 13, and thesaid wire has one end extended horizontally and at right angles to theshade supporting arm 13, and in the direction of the connecting arm 2 ofthe. bracket A so as to provide a connecting arm 14:. The arm 2 of thebracket A is provided with a plurality of eyes 15, which, as shown inFig. 1,

are adapted to loosely and slidably receive the connecting arm 1d of thebracket B, so that the brackets A and B can-have adjust-able connectionwith each other. The shade supporting arm 13 is centrally pro vided witha coiled portion 16, which is arranged in horizontal alinement with thedepressions t of a supporting arm 3 of the bracket A, andis adapted torotatively receive the cylindrical trunnion of the shade roller, notshown.

The opposite end of the wire, of which the bracket 13 is formed, isextended rear" wardly, as at 17, from the outer nd of the shadesupporting arm 13, and overlies and is parallel with the said shadesupporting arm 13 and has its rear end of the horizontal portion 1'?"coiled vertically, as shown at 18, and at a point in rear of the coiledportion 16. T he end. of the wire is then continued upwardly from thecoiled portion 16,

and 1s curved outwardly to provide an arcuate portion 19, smnlar to thearcuate portion 7 on the bracket A and 1s colled at the upper end of thearcuate portion to pro vide an eye 20, which is arranged in verticalalinement with the coiled portion 18, the

wardl as at 23 and shar Jened to rovide a prong. adapted to penetratethe upper side of the cross bar C. I

Removably' associated with the brackets A nd B, is a pair of curtainpole sup1')ort-- ing members 24. Each of these members is formed of asingle piece of 'wire, having one end bent outwardly and curveddownwardly to provide a seat 25, for one end of the curtain pole, notshown, and a vertically depending portion 26, the lower end of which isextended upwardly, as shown at 27, and in spaced parallel relation withthe portion 26, and then curved, as at 28, and extended downwardly toprovide a vertically connecting portion 29. The vertically connectingportions 29 of "the curtain bracket, are adapted to be detachablyreceived, respectively, by the alined coils and eyes 6 and 8 and 18 and20, in the respective brackets A and B, as shown in Fig. 1: of thedrawinFrom the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be seen that a combined curtain and shade bracket,constructed in accordance therewith, can be applied to any style ofwindow frame, and adjusted to accommo date the width of the frame; andalso readily admit of the curtain and shades being applied thereto.

Ilaving thus described my invention what I claim as new, is: i

1. A device of the class described comprising supporting members, eachformed of a single piece of wire having one end extended to provide 'aconnecting arm, the connecting arm of one supporting member beingadjustably connected to the supporting arm of the other supportingmember, the said wire having its other end bent outwardly to provide ashade supporting arm, and then bent inwardly and extended above theshade supporting arm and coiled to provide a vertically disposed socket,the said end of the wire being then extended from the coiled portion andterminally bent to provide an attaching portion.

In combination, a pair of adjustably connected supporting members, eachbeing formed of a single length of wire having one end bent upwardly toprovide an arm, the said end of the wire being again bent and extendedinwardly to provide a horiv ontal portion disposed above the arm andcoiled to provide a vertically disposed socket and an oflset portion,the said socket and offset portion being disposed to one side of thehorizontal portion, a bracket having a vertical portion having its lowerend positioned at one side of the horizontal arm and adjacent the offsetportion and the vertical socket, and having-its lower end bent upwardlyand interposed between the horizontal arm and the offset portion andthen bent downwardly and removably received by the socket.

In testimony whereof I atliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. DRAKE.

Witnesses ANNIE L. MENELL, Gno. PENMJLL.

